Olympics-Judo-First Israeli medals in Paris amid fan frenzy
PARIS - Israeli judokas on Thursday brought smiles to hundreds of cheering and flag-waving fans as they won the country's first medals at...
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Olympics-Gymnastics-American Biles wins women's gymnastics all-around gold medal
American Simone Biles won the women's all-around gymnastics gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade took...
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Olympics-Judo-Kotsoiev, Bellandi land golds as Israel opens Games account
Zelym Kotsoiev of Azerbaijan and Italian Alice Bellandi both won gold in a dramatic judo competition at the Paris Olympics on Thursday,...
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Olmypics-Canoeing-Stunned De Gennaro says wait for gold longest 10 minutes of life
PARIS - Giovanni De Gennaro's stunning gold medal run in Thursday's single kayak slalom final brought to an end three years of misery for...
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Olympics-Canoeing-Inspired Italian De Gennaro grabs kayak gold
PARIS - Italy's Giovanni De Gennaro pulled out a sensational run to win gold in the men's Olympic single kayak slalom event in a time of...
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Olympics-Canoeing-De Gennaro wins gold for Italy in kayak
PARIS - Italian Giovanni De Gennaro took gold in the Olympic men's kayak single final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on...
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Olympics-Judo-Kotsoiev of Azerbaijan wins men's under 100kg judo gold
PARIS - Zelym Kotsoiev of Azerbaijan won the gold medal in the men's under 100kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Georgian Ilia...
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Olympics-Marchand madness sweeps France as swimmer makes gold rush
PARIS - At the Paris pool, rapturous crowds go mad each time he swims, chanting his name at every stroke. He is on the front pages of...
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Olympics-Fencing-Champion Kong still in a daze on Hong Kong return
HONG KONG/PARIS - Fresh off the plane from Paris on Thursday, Hong Kong's newly crowned Olympic fencing champion Vivian Kong was still...
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Olympics-Sailing-Swede hopes lucky flag manicure helps to nail gold
MARSEILLE, France - Swedish skiff sailor Vilma Bobeck will be hoping that her long-standing ritual of matching her nails to the colour of...
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Olympics-Athletics-China's Yang secures women's race walk gold
PARIS - China's Yang Jiayu claimed gold in the women's 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, pulling away from the field...
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Olympics-Shooting-China's Liu wins men's 50m rifle 3 positions gold
CHATEAUROUX, France - China's Liu Yukun won gold in the men's 50-metre rifle three positions at the Paris Olympics on Thursday before...
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